The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use

Tite, Colin G.C.

ISBN 10: 0712348247 / ISBN 13: 9780712348249

Published by The British Library, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library: Formation, Cataloguing, Use
• Publisher: The British Library
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712348247
• ISBN 13: 9780712348249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s and the dispersal of their libraries, a number of British collectors set to work to recover as much as possible. Of their second generation, Sir Robert Cotton (1571-1631) was an outstanding member, also acquiring a wide range of other material. Indeed, so important was his library that it became one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753. Significant records - never previously studied as a whole - survive from the early years of Cotton's library and this book edits and analyses these, throwing important new light on Sir Robert, his son and grandson as collectors, and providing much fresh evidence on the history of their collection and its development.

About the Author

Colin G.C. Tite has worked extensively on the Cotton Library.